- Another piece about the value of applause in the theater, this time, when an actor enters a scene. This topic clearly has legs.

- Cyndi Lauper talked about her love for Harvey Fierstein in this interview on Morning Shift; their musical Kinky Boots opened this week.

- Bob Bullen (and the CTA buses around town with ads on them) loved Sunday in the Park with George from Chicago Shakespeare.

- Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, those crazy kids who you loved in that small film about a glorified version of the 1950s, are releasing a Christmas album. Which is basically like, praise baby Jesus all over again. In other news, remember that she'll be at the Paramount soon.

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